Gerry & Balcony's Allotment in April

Good work done :o)

I can see your onions!!! You worked really hard. Time for a cuppa now i think

Thank you both, I'll take that cuppa! It's certainly very hard work & even worse when to dig it you have to do it on your hands & knees! Trying to turn over a forkful causes excruciating pain in my lower back if I try to do it while standing up. :-(

Glad you had your reading glasses on, Great! :-D In my next blog you should be able to see them with out glasses! LOL!

Or maybe not Balcony hahaha

You are doing some good work there. My onions look as if "they are not there" as well......as long as YOU know they are there....lol

At least your onion are started...my have yet to be planted! lol

Your allotment is looking food tho for so early!

You make it sound so exciting :o)
I didn't laugh - honest ... (lol) .. I really could see them.
I look forward to your next allotment blog.

well done youve done a great job there balcony......

Thanks everyone for your lovely comments! Thanks to a dry, warm month we have been able to "lick" the allotment into some semblance of a food production site - instead of a weed production site! LOL! :-D

Today I planted my lettuces! I had been growing them on my balcony for a few weeks.

Today I also transplanted my Cucumbers. They have been growing in a seed tray & now the first true leaves have made enough progress for me to transplant them into the small black pots I used for the Onions.

I have been watering the Strawberry bed & after just one day, last Saturday, I noticed the difference on Monday. I don't go down on Sundays, at least at present, but they looked much greener & even a few flowers had opened! I've watered them a couple of more times this week & now all the plants have lots of buds & there are more flowers open! We may get some Strawberries after all!

Gerry has planted some rows of spuds but I've not taken any photos of those at presnet - after all, who wants to see rows of soil heaped up? LOL!

looking forward to the progress.

my garden is shutting down for the winter and have to think of what next to plant before the winter really gets going
my small 6 meter by 4 m has fed me in vegies all summer so with an allotment i could feed a large family which was what they were created for in the first place.

Phew! A lot of hard work there, but the results are showing already. Looking forward to the next update. :-)

Thanks for the comments everyone. It's very difficult to give a sensation of depth to the pictures of the plot. It's also very difficult to see just what you are trying to take pictures of as the sunlight makes it almost impossible to see the screen! it's a case of point & shoot, then hope for the best! LOL!

I hope to be able to show something more than weeds or bare soil next time I post an update on the allotment. LOL At least the onions should be visible as well as the lettuces!